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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Chapter 15/17 Excerpts

Chapter 17: Real Freedom

I force myself up and out
of my room before the sun rises. Following the river below that flows on the
other side of the fence I find a hole that’s big enough for me to fit through,
and escape. As soon as I’m free I take off into a full sprint, it feels good to
be free again. Of course, not in the sense of real freedom, but for now, this
will do. I don’t know where I am going exactly, but I find it easier to breathe
today, my legs hurt less, and my body explodes with the endorphins that have
been absent for too long.

The hints of summerThe sky is dark and clouded
over. I grabmy fair share of bags and toss a few more pieces of jerky to the
dog in hopes that he’ll follow us, which he does at his own discretion. We move
into the canyons that are deep and narrow, the river below us runs rapidly. The
hints of summer are on the horizon as the yellow weeds thin out into fields of
green. I lick my lips when the first few drops of rain drizzle down. Soon my
limbs begin to tremble as the rain smashes into me. My desire and courage
evaporate into nothing as lightening cracks in the sky, the river below us
crashing violently against its rock walls. All I want to do is crawl into a
hole and wait out the storm.